I am the cochair of the washington history seminar. Cochairing with me today is roger lewis, the founding chair of the seminar and former director of the National History center. , our aims eighth year is to foster conversation about the past and to make history and essential part of public conversation about these events here in the United States and across the world. Possible inare made part by the efforts of many people, but in particular the people at the Wilson Center and the associate director of the Wilson Center. They handle the logistics and work out the logistics have. Today is danes kennedy. We are always grateful for the ,inancial support of shaver which generously helps to the History Department in a number of anonymous donors with their , weort, making it possible the her week, to bring us scholars who do the work at the Wilson Center. I think that roger now will introduce the speaker. Neil, as everyone here knows, is a famous historian. The author of many books, includin
I am the cochair of the washington history seminar. Cochairing with me today is roger lewis, the founding chair of the seminar and former director of the National History center. , our aims eighth year is to foster conversation about the past and to make history and essential part of public conversation about these events here in the United States and across the world. Possible inare made part by the efforts of many people, but in particular the people at the Wilson Center and the associate director of the Wilson Center. They handle the logistics and work out the logistics have. Today is danes kennedy. We are always grateful for the ,inancial support of shaver which generously helps to the History Department in a number of anonymous donors with their , weort, making it possible the her week, to bring us scholars who do the work at the Wilson Center. I think that roger now will introduce the speaker. Neil, as everyone here knows, is a famous historian. The author of many books, includin
University department of history. Cochairing with me today is roger lewis, the founding chair of the seminar. The seminar, now in its eighth year as a joint venture between Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars in the National History center of the american historical association. Our aim is to foster conversations about the past and make history and essential part of the public conversation about contemporary events here in the United States and across the world. Our efforts are made possible in part by the efforts of many people, including the wilson center, and the associate director of the wilson center. These are the people who handle all the logistics and work out any issues we have to make sure everything goes smoothly. Present with us today is the director of the National History center, from George Washington university, dane kennedy. Grateful for the support of who underwrites the seminar and the support of the gw history department. It is their support that makes
Dangerous through 9 00. If you go through van ness in San Francisco in the morning, give yourself extra time. This is the first morning commute since a major overall began. Amy hollyfield is here with the changes drivers are seeing. Amy . Yes, natasha, here is what it looks like this morning. The signs up and down van ness avenue telling you, you cant turn left. It sounds like frustration. We heard a horn honking as truck tried to turn left. This is the situation for the next three years. You can turn left at lombard. And hayes. If you are northbound. And broadway if you are southbound. That is it. San francisco is optimistic that drivers will handle it but it will be a rude awakening. It is monday. There could be a bit of they have been given warning, i dont think it will be a problem the project is converting the center lane fog buts and cars only have two lines. They had three. Planners think it will save 15 minutes. For now they suggest you add extra time to deal with the change. W
Terms with the fact that no matter how much you drink, the results of the election are not going to change. [ laughter ] ive been having dreams about this election. Its in my head. Remember when the song dont worry, be happy and it just got in there and you couldnt shake it . Its like that, except without the dont worry part. [ laughter ] president obama held a press conference today. His first since the election. At which every one of the reporters asked him about donald trump. Every question was about donald trump. This is dont worry, its only going to happen about 30 more years. A few of them tried to get obama to Say Something insulting about trump but he didnt bite, he was very diplomatic. He says he hopes donald trump makes things better, plans to do everything he can to help them. In other words, good luck, dummies, im out of here. Its hard to tell because he was standing in front of a podium but im pretty sure he was wearing shorts. You know, i was watching president obama duri